Muslim attack on Tehran cinema

TEHRAN - Muslim militants attacked a Tehran cinema and beat spectators, including a pregnant woman, to stop the screening of …

TEHRAN - Muslim militants attacked a Tehran cinema and beat spectators, including a pregnant woman, to stop the screening of an Iranian comedy, Present from India, deemed "unIslamic", according to a cinema worker. Last week militants attacked cyclists at a park, in an apparent protest against female cycling.

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